Rio Flashcards
(9 cards)
Imports and exports (Rio)
-Rio exports coffee, sugar, and iron ore
-It has 5 ports and 3 airports
Economy (Rio)
-Produces 5% of Brazils GDP
-Main service industries are banking, finance, and insurance
-Main manufacturing industries are chemicals, pharmaceuticals, clothing, furniture and processed foods
Social solutions of the Favela Bairro Scheme
-UPP set up with police patrolling the community t0 help reduce crime
-Services to help with drug addiction, alcohol addiction, and domestic violence
-Adult education centres to improve adult literacy
-Provision of basic services such as clean water and electricity
-Widening and paving streets to allow easier access (especially for emergency services)
Economic solutions of the Favela Bairro Scheme
-Day care centres and after school schemes to look after children while parents work
-Training schemes to help people learn new skills so they can find better jobs and earn more money
-Residents can now apply to leagally own their own properties
Environmental solutions of the Favela Bairro Scheme
-Weekly rubbish collection
-Installations of of cable cars
Failures of the Favela Bairro scheme
-Teachers are unskilled so cannot teach
-Residents are unskilled so cannot repair damage
-New infrastructure is not maintained by government
-The US$1 billion budget does not cover every favela
Health in Rio
-Only 55% of the city had a real clinic and services for pregnant women and the elderly were poor > medical staff took health kits to houses to treat people
Education in Rio
-Half of children continue school after age 14, shortage of schools, teachers have low pay > young people are encouraged to volunteer to help in schools, school grants are given to poor families, private uni opened in Rocinha
Water supply in Rio
-12% do not have access to running water, 37% of water is lost to poor infrastructure > 7 new treatment plats, 95% had access to mains water by 2014
